Insiders' Guide to Atlanta offers travelers, newcomers, and locals the best, most comprehensive information on what's happening in the area. Known as the cultural and economic center of the southern United States, Atlanta offers traditional southern charm with a very modern flair. Civil War sites and museums, Centennial Olympic Park, and a variety of international shops and restaurants are just a few of the highlights of what this city has to offer. Use this guide to discover the history of a place that was once at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement as well as limitless opportunities for fun, dining, recreation, and adventure. (6 x 9, 472 pages, b&amp;w photos, maps)

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta, 5th (Insiders' Guide Series)

Travel

John McKay

Shannon Lane Hurst

Bonnie McKay

United States

Insiders' Guide

What was it like to be a soldier in combat during the Civil War? What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, and un-uniformed militiaman in a state "army" trying to, literally, defend your own home? What was it like to be stuffed into a dank, dark, sweltering, three-foot-diameter iron tube, turning a crank to escape an enemy howling after you, all while thirty feet below the surface of Charleston Harbor? What was it like to be a Creek infantryman, slowly riding in to a Union post in the wilds of frontier Oklahoma, carrying the threadbare rags of what had once been your proud battle flag, knowing you were among the very last of the Confederates to surrender? What was it like to be a Prussian-born corporal, barely able to speak English, caught in the midst of a vicious street battle in Fredericksburg? This new book tells the untold stories of the men on the front lines of battle during the Civil War.

Brave Men in Desperate Times: The Lives Of Civil War Soldiers

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Globe Pequot

Civil War history buffs will love this unique travel guide to the South's most famous and infamous battle sites, including historical background, directions to hard-to-find locations, and tips on where to stay, eat, and shop.

Insiders' Guide to Civil War Sites in the Southern States

History

Americas

Globe Pequot Pr

The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship)

From the rear cover of this 119 page book: "Forever associated with Nelson's last battle, 'Victory' in one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now preserved as a museum at Portsmouth. The ship's survival is particularly appropriate since 'Victory' is not only an example of the ultimate sailing warship - the three-decker First Rate - but was also the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period. Forty years old by the time of Trafalgar, she had been the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals, and was to continue in active service until 1812. This volume features: Full description of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate; Pictorial section emphasizing close-up and on-board photographs; Guide to the ship's Trafalgar colour scheme on the book jacket; More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings, with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the ship as presently restored - general arrangements, hull construction, fittings, decoration, masts and yards, rigging and armament.

Europe

Conway Maritime Press

The   Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779. The 20- and 24-gun   classes were the smallest regularly commanded by a Post Captain and they were   consequently known as post ships; they were also the smallest frigate-built   ships on the Navy List. The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti   which was undertaken to bring back the Bounty mutineers. Fourteen of them   were captured at Tahiti but four were drowned when Pandora ran   aground on 29 August 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey.   The surviving ten were eventually brought back to Portsmouth and   court-martialled. Three of them were hung. The site of the wreck was   discovered in 1977 and has been extensively excavated by a team led by Ron Coleman. As part of the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series, this book provides the finest documentation of the Bellona, with a complete set of superb line drawings, supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora (Anatomy of the Ship)

Ron Coleman

Military

Conway Maritime Press Ltd.

The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz (Anatomy of the Ship)

John Harland

Conway Maritime Press, [1993]

The story of one man's trip of a lifetime: a motorcycle adventure covering 4 corners of the USA

One Brit, One Bike, One Big Country

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Bronwyn Editions

Forever associated with Nelson's last battle at Trafalgar, Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time. An example of the ultimate sailing warship--the three-decker First Rate--Victory was the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period, the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals. 
First published in 1987 in the Anatomy of the Ship series and now updated, this volume provides the most detailed description and illustrations of the Victory available anywhere. A pictorial section contains numerous clear photographs emphasizing close-up and on-board views of ship equipment and spaces. Three hundred perspective and three-view drawings, with fully descriptive keys, illustrate every detail of the ship, including hull construction, masts and yards, armament, rigging, decoration and fittings. These accurate and totally comprehensive drawings offer ship buffs, historians, and model makers a full view of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate.

US Naval Institute Press

Pumpherston - surely one of the strangest place-names in Lowland Scotland - has a history that is as unusual as its name. The ancient castle and lands of Pumpherston evolved into a fertile estate with an experimental farm, and those in turn gave way to one of the world's most successful early oil companies. The Pumpherston story includes a huntsman eaten by his own hounds, a bankrupt MP and a golf course enlivened by cows - and cow-pats. In 1884 the Pumpherston Oil Works was built and a substantial village came into being. The Pumpherston Oil Company is seen in the wider context of the shale oil industry. The story of its successes and failures is followed through the era of Scottish Oils and BP to the close-down of the shale oil industry in Scotland in 1962. The village was built, supervised and patronised by the oil companies. A strange culture emerged in which the employers intervened in all aspects of their employees' lives, whether at work, at home or at leisure. This book also looks at the rich social life that grew up in the village, and the wealth of characters - high achievers as well as eccentric worthies - that will stir the memories of everyone who grew up in or remembers Pumpherston in the old days. The story of Pumpherston comes full circle with the cleaning up of the oil works site. BP has used pioneering technology to clear the site of the pollution from more than a century of work, and to return the area to its original rural nature. A mix of historical, technical and anecdotal material makes up a book that should appeal to readers not just in the local area, but to "Pumphy" exiles all over the world and to anyone interested in the shale oil industry and Scotland's industrial heritage.

Pumpherston: The History of a Shale Oil Village

Sybil Cavanagh

Kneale Johnson

James O'Hagan

Luath Press Ltd.

Way of the Spirit: Times of Refreshing - Bible Reading Course Workbook v. 2: A Bible Reading Guide and Commentary

Kingdom Faith Ministries

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